We make each other beautiful : art, activism, and the law / Yxta Maya Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Yxta Maya, author.

Series:

Publicly Engaged Scholars: Identities, Purposes, Practices Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Political aspects--United States.

Art.

Art and social action--United States.

Art and social action.

Art and society--United States.

Art and society.

Gay artists--Political activity--United States.

Gay artists.

Homosexuality and the arts--Political aspects--United States.

Homosexuality and the arts.

Law and art--United States.

Law and art.

Minority artists--Political activity--United States.

Minority artists.

Minority women artists--Political activity--United States.

Minority women artists.

Political art--United States.

Political art.

Social problems in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Aperture Foundation, 2020.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "We Make Each Other Beautiful".

Contents:

We Make Each Other Beautiful

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Tradition Born of Women of Color and Queer of Color Arts-Activism

1. Artivism Avant la lettre

2. From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried: Carrie Mae Weems's Challenge to Copyright and Property Law

3. "I Just Didn't Feel Safe": Young Joon Kwak's Mutant Salon and the Queer Need for Safer, Thriving Spaces

4. "How Did We Get Here?": Tanya Aguiñiga's Art about the Border and Disability Law

5. "So Many Stories Like That": Imani Jacqueline Brown, Blights Out, and Live Action Painting (2015)

6. "We Wanted to Open Up": Drawn Together and Fair Artists' Contracts

Conclusion: An Art Dedicated to Survival: Law, Hope, and the Way Ahead

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501775604

150177560X

OCLC:

1409678253